Wait a minute, he looks kinda like a baby

Were earth a thousand times as fair
Beset with gold and jewels rare
She yet were far too poor to be
A narrow cradle,
Lord, for Thee.
--Martin Luther

Mrs. Caldwell

I am not alone at all, I thought.  I was never alone at all.  And that, of course, is the message of Christmas.  We are never alone.  Not when the night is darkest, the wind coldest, the world seemingly most indifferent.  For this is still the time God chooses.
--Taylor Caldwell

Not bad for a dummy

There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
--Albert Einstein

Graham cracker

The very purpose of Christ's coming into the world was that He might offer up His life as a sacrifice for the sins of men.  He came to die.  This is the heart of Christmas.
-- Billy Graham

Stranger danger

Born in a stable,
Cradled in a manger,
In the world His hands have made,
Born a stranger.
--Christine Georgina Rossetti

I'm just Wilda bout Harry

God grant you the light in Christmas, which is faith;
the warmth of Christmas, which is love;
the radiance of Christmas, which is purity;
the righteousness of Christmas, which is justice;
the belief in Christmas, which is truth;
the all of Christmas, which is Christ.
--Wilda English

Christ-mas

“Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted, care for the ill, love your enemies, and do unto others as you would have done unto you.” 
― Steve Maraboli

Remember

“And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and the moon and the stars, and the earth with its forests and mountains and oceans--and all that lives and move upon them. He has given us all green things and everything that blossoms and bears fruit and all that we quarrel about and all that we have misused--and to save us from our foolishness, from all our sins, He came down to earth and gave us Himself.” 
― Sigrid Undset

A perfect marriage

“Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer.... Who'd have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously? ” 
― Bill Watterson, The Essential Calvin and Hobbes

Whose birthday?

“Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas.” 
― Ronald Reagan

Secrecy and mystery

“CALVIN:
This whole Santa Claus thing just doesn't make sense. Why all the secrecy? Why all the mystery?
If the guy exists why doesn't he ever show himself and prove it?
And if he doesn't exist what's the meaning of all this?
HOBBES:
I dunno. Isn't this a religious holiday? 
CALVIN:
Yeah, but actually, I've got the same questions about God.” 
― Bill Watterson

It's all about the Benjamin

“How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts!” 
― Benjamin Franklin

O little town

"Something of eternal significance transpired there. Not only was the calendar of the world changed,
but heaven itself and eternity were affected."
[J. Vernon McGee - on Bethlehem]

Once upon a time

Once upon a time, there was a little boy.  When asked what his goal in life was, he said "to be like Christ."  Then the little boy grew and grew.  As he got older, he began to see how little his life conformed to Christ's.  He thought that if he tried harder he could do it.  The boy grew into a man.  He saw that he was nothing like Christ.  He had tried and failed enough times to know that he would never be able to achieve his goal.  He said "God, I am unable to live a life that is pleasing to you.  I am trusting in the perfect life that your son, Jesus Christ, lived; and in the death that he died to save a sinner like me.  As he was raised, I hope to be raised, too."

The end

You cad!

"If we would destroy the Christian religion, we must first of all destroy man's belief in the Bible." -Voltaire